COATESVILLE — Dr. Alveda King shares her story that brought a change in her life to become a pro-life activist.

King spoke at the Historical Hutchinson Memorial UAME on Tuesday, discussing being reborn and how people can change their lives, King,62, shared her secrets that led her to becoming a pro-life warrior.

“I’ve had abortions,” King said.

People told her to stop sharing her secret, but she did not feel embarrassed.

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Her family has a tradition of participation in rights movements. She is the daughter of slain civil rights activist the Rev. A.D. King.

King, the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., says participating in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., is a part of the civil rights movement that calls for equal protection for the children in the womb. She says the civil rights movement and the prolife movement have the same heart and soul: the dignity and equality of every human life. She said MLK applied the evil truth of segregation that pro-life activist apply to abortion.

“I don’t mind being a voice,” she said. She is now a pro-life activist.

She admitted that she has fornicated. She said she has engaged in sex before marriage and had two abortions. She also had one miscarriage.

In the 1970s, she told her grandfather and the man she was dating that she was going to get an abortion. “That is not a lump of flesh,” her grandfather told her, “that’s my great grandchild.”

From discussing this with the men, she said she could not kill the baby who had civil rights. She decided to keep her baby, she married her boyfriend and they had more children.

The mother of six children said she had to be forgiven for her past decisions. “He takes care of me if I obey Him,” King said.

One member of the audience shared her story that she was raped at the age of 13. Her relative raised her baby, who is now 47. She said she has five children and has never had an abortion. She described herself as being saved.

The audience member said she also worked for Planned Parenthood. She felt bad about handing out condoms, but she thought she was helping. Today, she continues to educate people on “keeping your body for yourself.”

King said there are alternatives for rape victims to give up a baby. She said some women are able to raise their babies with love and they forgive the father for what they committed. She discussed programs such as foster care and pregnancy care centers that help seek families to adopt.

She says a natural life is from the womb until a natural passing. She referred natural life as being a gift from God.

Representatives presented a plague to King for appreciation of her time and to thank her for her work. She is the founder of King for America Inc. that has a mission to “assist people in enriching their lives spiritually, personally, mentally and economically.” King is the director of African American Outreach, Priests for Life. More information can be found on www.priestsforlife.org

The Minister’s Alliance of Coatesville and Vicinity sponsored the event.